The other day I started work on the seat belts to tidy them up and make a box around them, when disaster struck, I smashed the plastic cover on the side that holds the coiled spring in place. In other words the seat belts are now in the bin and can't be fixed.But then something good, my bro was coming to town and he said I could have the seat belts out of the Honda Integra that he has wrecked. So I am in the process of making them fit and making a box that will fit nicely around them.

I got the Integra seat belts of my brother the other day, I unstitched the bottom bracket and took all the Honda brackets and clips off the belt then put all the toyota stuff back on. Then stitch the bottom back up, Hay presto working seat belt again. Just making the cover to go over the top of the body of the retrackable part then they are finished.

I decided to put the rear panhard rod In this morning, but as usual something f*#ked up. The panhard rod on the diff end needs the shaft that runs through the original bush, so I started to push it out but it was bullshit tight. I did get it out but is now destroyed, so I have to get a new one made, up just more money I don't have!!!! Also in the process I smash the hammer into my hand, Should have stay inside.

I went back up to the shed to have a look at the shaft and decided it wasn't that bad after all. I straightened It up and sanded the edges off and it slipped into the heim joint hole. So I bolted the panhard rod up to the car. The diff is now centered, but there is no more adjustment so that was lucky. But there is a problem, the rod hits the back of the diff housing if I go over a decent bump. I will have to space out the diff mount so it sits out a bit more.

So my 4 link control arms from T3 came yesterday, and today I have put them in the car. What a difference, The car feels so much more controlable, and planted on the road. The noise of the diff and the road are a little more than normal. Overall, very happy with them. The only thing now is to put better tyres on with stiffer side walls. My cheap ones that are on the car now are all over the place.

Been a while whithout updating. Not much has happened. I have painted my rear flat tail lights to USDM, I use model car tail light candy red that you can buy from any model shop. I painted in on with my finger then wet sanded and polished to get it smooth. I will repaint them with a spray gun as I got one for Christmas.

Also I pulled my diff out, as I stuffed up by replacing the front seal and not replacing the front crush bearing. Now there is no preload and it was getting noisy. But pulling it out found other problems. The shockies where stuffed as was the brakes. So I have rebuilt the brakes, and bought Holden shockies that are 60mm shorter than the factory ones.

But the big news is this.........................................

Thats right a 20 Valve 4AGE.

I have total stripped it down and have found it has had water sitting in it for some time. So a total rebuild is in order. The plan is to build a full Tomei engine, top to bottom. I will be keeping it N/A, with an After market Computer.